The Alabama Crimson Tide reportedly was looking to make a move in the transfer portal at the quarterback position following the departure of Jalen Milroe to the 2025 NFL draft.

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On3 Sports reported that Alabama was the second school to contact Georgia transfer quarterback Carson Beck when Beck entered the transfer portal.

Five days ago, the now former Georgia starting quarterback shocked the college football world by withdrawing from the NFL draft and instead entering the NCAA transfer portal, which he entered with a "do not contact" tag.

Despite the tag, Alabama reportedly contacted Beck once he entered the transfer portal. Alex Byington reports Alabama was searching for a veteran quarterback to come in and compete in the 2025 Alabama quarterback battle, which currently consists of redshirt junior Ty Simpson, redshirt sophomore Austin Mack, and true freshman Keelon Russell. Simpson and Russell were ranked as five-star quarterbacks coming out of high school, and Mack was ranked as a four-star prospect.

Less than 24 hours after entering the transfer portal, Beck committed to play for Mario Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes in 2025. Miami recently saw significant improvement in 2024 with another transfer portal quarterback, Cam Ward. Ward finished the 2024 season with 4,313 passing yards and 39 touchdowns to seven interceptions. Ward also added 204 yards and four touchdowns rushing.

Coming out of high school, Carson Beck was rated as a four-star prospect from Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, Florida. Beck committed and signed with the Georgia Bulldogs as a member of the 2020 recruiting class.

In 2024, Beck returned for his second season as the starting quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs. In 2023, Beck led Georgia to a 13-1 overall record, with the only loss coming to Alabama in the SEC Championship. Beck threw for 3,941 yards and 24 touchdowns to just six interceptions in 2023, while adding 116 yards and four touchdowns rushing. Beck came into 2024 as the projected top player in college football.

He did not quite live up to the expectation in 2024, passing for 3,485 yards and 28 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. Beck had 71 yards and one touchdown rushing in 2024 before suffering an injury in his throwing arm during the SEC Championship game against Texas. Beck did not play in Georgia's Sugar Bowl loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinals.

Georgia reportedly wanted Beck to return to Athens for his final college football season. Instead, Beck will be playing in Coral Gables, Florida.

Wyatt Fulton is the TIde 100.9 DME and Brand Manager, primarily covering Alabama Crimson Tide football and men's basketball. For more Crimson Tide coverage, follow Wyatt on X (Formerly known as Twitter) at @FultonW_.

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